Impact of correlation and induced correlation on the estimation of project cost of buildings

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 395-406

  Ranasinghe, Malik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient; Correlation matrix; Price; Probability; Project cost; Quantity; Rate; Risk

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; STATISTICS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION MATRIX; PRICE; PROJECT COST; QUANTITY;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 2142748474     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190050024815     Document Type: Article

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